9. Sir Hugo Drax

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Appearances: Drax, played by Michael Lonsdale, faced off against Roger Moore in 1979's "Moonraker." Honcho or henchman? Honcho. Drax owns space shuttle manufacturing company Drax Industries. He seeks to destroy the entire human race using a nerve agent, except for a few selectively chosen "genetically perfect" men and women, who are launched into space to begin a new civilization before returning to Earth. Dastardly distinction: Drax's evil scheme is perhaps the most insane of any Bond villain. Though his plan is reminiscent of Karl Stromberg's plot in "The Spy Who Loved Me," Drax's space civilization is even crazier than Stromberg's underwater civilization. And releasing a toxin that kills humans but not plants or animals is far more creative than launching nuclear missiles at New York and Moscow. Perhaps poetically, Bond finally fatally wounds Drax with a cyanide-tipped dart before ejecting him into outer space.

Appearances: Drax, played by Michael Lonsdale, faced off against Roger Moore in 1979's "Moonraker." Honcho or henchman? Honcho. Drax owns space shuttle manufacturing company Drax Industries. He seeks to destroy the entire human race using a nerve agent, except for a few selectively chosen "genetically perfect" men and women, who are launched into space to begin a new civilization before returning to Earth. Dastardly distinction: Drax's evil scheme is perhaps the most insane of any Bond villain. Though his plan is reminiscent of Karl Stromberg's plot in "The Spy Who Loved Me," Drax's space civilization is even crazier than Stromberg's underwater civilization. And releasing a toxin that kills humans but not plants or animals is far more creative than launching nuclear missiles at New York and Moscow. Perhaps poetically, Bond finally fatally wounds Drax with a cyanide-tipped dart before ejecting him into outer space. (United Artists)

Appearances: Drax, played by Michael Lonsdale, faced off against Roger Moore in 1979's "Moonraker." Honcho or henchman? Honcho. Drax owns space shuttle manufacturing company Drax Industries. He seeks to destroy the entire human race using a nerve agent, except for a few selectively chosen "genetically perfect" men and women, who are launched into space to begin a new civilization before returning to Earth. Dastardly distinction: Drax's evil scheme is perhaps the most insane of any Bond villain. Though his plan is reminiscent of Karl Stromberg's plot in "The Spy Who Loved Me," Drax's space civilization is even crazier than Stromberg's underwater civilization. And releasing a toxin that kills humans but not plants or animals is far more creative than launching nuclear missiles at New York and Moscow. Perhaps poetically, Bond finally fatally wounds Drax with a cyanide-tipped dart before ejecting him into outer space.